Easy Pumpkin Cookies

Easy Pumpkin Cookies

I don’t know about you, but as soon as September hits, I’m on a hunt for all things pumpkin. Pumpkin coffee drinks, pumpkin pie, pumpkin muffins, and pumpkin cookies. Pumpkin and apples are the official foods of Fall in my world. Who cares that it may still feel like summer outside in some areas? I’m calling it Fall, and I’m getting busy in the kitchen whipping up delicious pumpkin treats.

These easy pumpkin cookies are one of those pumpkin treats that I was telling you about. They are a simple cake-like cookie that can be dressed up with a maple cream cheese icing or eaten on their own.

My son prefers them plain. My daughter prefers them with the icing. I personally like them both ways.

The icing is not super sweet, but that’s how I like it. If you desire a sweeter and stiffer cream cheese icing, feel free to add some powdered sugar to the cream cheese and butter after it has whipped.

Now let’s celebrate the changing of the seasons by using a Fall delight: the pumpkin.

Easy Pumpkin Cookies

What You Need:

1/2 cup softened butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 cup pumpkin puree

1 tsp vanilla

2 1/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp ground cloves

1/8 tsp nutmeg

1/8 tsp ground ginger

Maple Cream Cheese Icing

block of cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 tsp vanilla

1/3 to 1/2 cup real maple syrup

Instructions:

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg, pumpkin, and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients and mix with wet ingredients. Scoop by spoonfuls onto a baking stone. Flatten with fingers. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Let cool. Once cooled, you have the option of adding the cream cheese icing.

For the icing, beat together cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add vanilla and maple syrup. Taste, and if desired, add powdered sugar by the spoonfuls until you get the sweetness and stiffness you desire.

I want to tell you how much i enjoy finding your blog in my email. I am 56yrs. old and love to find recipes that take me back to when my mom and i would bake and cook together. Thanks for all you send to me

These look so good! I am loving anything and everything pumpkin flavored at the moment, so these are right up my alley. plus, who doesn’t love a little frosting?!? Thanks for sharing this yummy recipe. Stopping in from the link up today 🙂

Hi, these sound great. In Australia we don’t really us pumpkin in sweet things as much, but I have some left over from last season that need to be used, so I think I’ll give this recipe a go. Thanks so much. Blessings

I made these last night and they came out more like cake, they were not a cookie form in anyway except shape. They were extremely fluffy and like a cupcake not cookies. Did I do something wrong? I followed it exactly

I used to buy pumpkin cookies like these in the grocery store and every year and then they stopped carrying them. I am very happy to have a recipe for these cookies. I’ve pinned and will try making them soon.

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